tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post6959497619231139331..comments2024-03-29T06:57:49.917-04:00Comments on Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Mandate Against Professional Blog URLs in NYC DOE SignatureLisa Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07759123507185453030noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-75286230259223249632008-10-25T22:14:00.000-04:002008-10-25T22:14:00.000-04:00@anonymous 10/25...Agree. Several colleagues and ...@anonymous 10/25...<BR/>Agree. Several colleagues and I were/are blog-evangelists and enjoyed promoting our professional blogs in various ways including through our email signatures. Your point is well taken. If they discourage educators from publicly sharing and celebrating 21st Century prose, we'll all go underground with the likes of NYCEducator. <BR/><BR/>I agree that the powers that be would be better off with employees who are proud to openly share, be responsible, and stand up publicly for thoughts and ideas.Lisa Nielsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07759123507185453030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-82319532852688919242008-10-25T20:27:00.000-04:002008-10-25T20:27:00.000-04:00Imagine, someone who wants to make her blog while ...Imagine, someone who wants to make her blog while NOT being anonymous is discouraged from it. So i guess we all have to go underground. LOL..that woudl be worse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-41839775487104077262008-06-11T10:30:00.000-04:002008-06-11T10:30:00.000-04:00Fortunately, my blogging hasn't yet caused any con...Fortunately, my blogging hasn't yet caused any consternation among School Board of Department of Education types.<BR/><BR/>While I have had limited success in brining teachers into the blogosphere as a personal professional development practice, they have been very open to using blogs and other web tools as platforms for classroom management and student content creation.<BR/><BR/>While it is hard to shift the educator mindset from teacher to learner, it is necessary to not just promote global connection and conversations through blogging, but mandate it. If I were a Principal...??<BR/><BR/>The real question isn't should teachers be blogging, but why aren't senior Departmental staff and school administrators blogging?<BR/><BR/>Conversations are powerful learning tools...ah...maybe I just answered my own question.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-45478555036558804922008-06-02T13:52:00.000-04:002008-06-02T13:52:00.000-04:00Innovation and shared practice are core to our wor...Innovation and shared practice are core to our work as progressive educators. Sadly, the DOE has another perspective on these ideas.<BR/><BR/>KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-27101558881009705492008-05-07T13:46:00.000-04:002008-05-07T13:46:00.000-04:00Not only does the DOE exhibit paranoia about blog ...Not only does the DOE exhibit paranoia about blog urls, they also blocked me from going to the original discussion...I really believe that there needs to be a drastic change in policy. How are we to bring our students fully into the world as expressed through rapidly changing technological innovations when the <BR/>DOE blocks educators as well...It's very frustrating!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00800028917216622071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-26394721846307046542008-05-07T09:39:00.000-04:002008-05-07T09:39:00.000-04:00I commented on this on Classroom 2.0. See that li...I commented on this on Classroom 2.0. See that little dot left of the Caspian Sea? That's me. (At least it will be when your cluster map gets updated. I'm teaching at the International School of Azerbaijan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com